"I think you owe me better treatment than you have given me the past two
months," remarked Quincy, "but we'll settle that point later."
"I guess I've treated you as well as you have me," retorted Strout, with
a sneer.
"But you began it," said Quincy, "and had it all your own way for two
months; I waited patiently for you to stop, but you wouldn't, so the
last week I've been squaring up matters, and there is only one point
that hasn't been settled. From what I have heard," continued Quincy, "I
am satisfied that Miss Mason has received full reparation for any
slanderous remarks that may have been started or circulated by you
concerning herself."
The Professor attentively regarded the pattern of the carpet on the
floor.
Quincy continued, "Miss Lindy Putnam has repeated to me what she told
Mr. Stiles about her visit to Boston, and attributed the distorted and
untrue form in which it reached the inhabitants of this town to your
well-known powers of invention. Am I right?"
The Professor looked up. "I'll have somethin' to say when you git
through," he replied.
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